This list attempts to show only
Kansas high school graduates who actually played in a major league professional
basketball or football league. This leaves some people out whose resume includes
playing with a professional team. EXAMPLE: Gene Keady graduated from Larned High
in 1954 and later played football for Kansas State. He is listed in several
sources as serving a brief stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1958. I could
not find any record of statistics that show he played in any games.
I finally found some biographical information that verified he was signed by the
Steelers - but suffered a knee injury in training camp that ended his career.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE: Some players played briefly in pre-season exhibition games -
but never made the final cut for regular season games. I think Brian Shay was in
this category. In basketball, many players were drafted , then never
played in a regular season game.

BASKETBALL: NBA or ABA

Some played with several different teams - I tried to pick out the team
where the person played the majority of his games or made the most significant
contribution.